Linux Foundation aims to boost membership with new perks

In an effort to expand its ranks, the Linux Foundation has improved its selection of perks for members. New perks include hardware discounts and the availability of a lifetime e-mail forwarding account at the linux.com domain.

Any email domain owned by a third party is not "lifetime". Registering your own domain and setting up a free google apps account to back it is so cheap and easy now, everyone should do it. I never have to wonder if my address will go away. Worst case I will have to move the backend from google to somewhere else.

I guess it's hard to come up with freebie enticements when you already give away everything for free anyway

Originally posted by d4ddi0:There is some prestige and credibility in a linux.com email address.

Only if you think being a dork has "prestige" and "credibility"...You get prestige and credibility by contributing to Linux, not by having a linux.com email address.Oh, and you can get a unix.net address for free, if you can answer a few questions (courtesy of the Open Group, owner of the Unix trademark)...

The Dell discount isn't so thrilling--most of my past few jobs have used Dell, and offered the EPP. Besides, Dell prices aren't that great in the first place; a 7% discount doesn't really get my attention.